As I walk down the street, I notice a shabby looking man in a trench coat on the opposite side of the street looking at me and then a photograph. As I get closer, he crosses the street and stops me saying, "Are you jules?" I turn to the man and reply. "Well that all depends on who is asking" The man replies "I'm a friend of a friend" and hands me an envelope. "Whats this" I wonder as he walks off down the street.

I turn the envelope over and see written on it "For the immediate attention of jules, so i open read it.

"COME TO THE MIDNIGHT ROSE IN ST. LOUIS, WE NEED TO TALK
SIGNED A FRIEND"

Now I'm intrigued as to who sent me this and what they wanted, so I start to head home to pack a few things for my trip.

I land in St. Louis at 12 pm and hail a taxi to take me to the address. The taxi driver drops me off at the end of an alley way with a flower shop there. "There must be some mistake this is a flower shop" I say. The driver replies "This is the address you gave me sir, no mistake that will be $32". I pay the taxi and ask him to wait there and keep the engine running as I have no idea what to expect. I cautiously walk down the alley till I reach the door. As I push the door open, I hear lots of people laughing and loud music coming from inside.

This must be the busiest flower shop in the city! The door opens fully and I think to my self this is no flower shop, it's a speakeasy. The security at the door asks me to check my gun as there is no weapons allowed inside. As I do, I see the lovely young women sitting behind what can only be described as a cage with a hole to pass your weapons in. She hands me a receipt and I head over to the bar and speak to the bar tender.

Bartender says "Hi sir, how can I help you? I replied "My name is jules and I'm supposed to meet someone here. The bar tender replies "Yes, Mr. Hand is expecting you, please follow the waitress." He calls over a lovely young woman and I follow her through the packed place until we get to a table where Mr. Hand is sitting, he asks me to take a seat